Bill Smith's Photography

As mentioned in an earlier post, I developed a new found respect for the Minolta X-700, blowing the dorrs off the Canon AE-1P I used to own. Thing is I never really shot a lot of colour film through an X-700, well if I'm doing that, I might as well rock with a classic 1980s look C-41 film Kodak Color Plus 200. which I expose at 100 ISO because I do stuff like that with certain films.  Camera: Minolta X-700, Minolta MD lenses.  Film: Kodak Color Plus 200 @100 ISO. 

Pretty much the back end from the weird bulk loaded roll of Ilford Delta 100 shot on the way back to Oakville VW, no issues here.  I shot another roll of Delta 100 in this particular FM to see if it was a mechanical issue, thankfully no. You will see those results soon.  Nikon FM, Nikkor Ai 50 f2 lens, Ais 24 F2.8 lens.  Film: Ilford Delta 100, HC110 B. 

The Nikon FM, the compact prosumer workhorse that replaced the long running Nikkormat series in Nikon's product line up in 1977. Debuting along with the Automatic Indexing feature with the F mount, the weird tick of open and closing the aperture could be dispensed with. But you can tell any true Nikon film camera nerd who does this with all their bodies and lenses. The FM was Nikon's answer to the Olympus OM-1 that was released in the early 1970s and shaking up  the camera. market. There's not a whole much you can say, it's a solid SLR that works either in the Summer heat or the bone chilling cold of February.  So, about this set. I had to drop my car off at Oakville VW for its annual maintenance, took a long walk home with my Minolta X-700, well, this was the walk back. Now something weird with the Corvette Stingray and Film.Ca Movie theatre photos, I was at a loss why the frames were blown out. I ran another roll of Delta 100 through my chrome FM (the black is picture...

I'm thankful that Ontario Provincial Parks are open for day hikers, my game plan is to do week day hikes through the Summer and get my dose of nature while I can.  This trip was with my friends Alex and James from the Classic Camera Revival, we all arrived in separate cars, and kept at least six feet/two metres apart as per public health guidelines. It was good to get out even though I wasn't entirely in control of the itinerary. The game plan is to come back and shoot with black and white film, most likely my new favourite for hiking Bergger Pancro 400, failing that maybe some Ilford HP5.  Mono Cliffs the hamlet was quiet, but it was early in the week and the Mono Cliffs Inn is still closed for renovations due to kitchen fire  pre pandemic. I hope they pull through because I love the Inn's menu and I've taken a lot of friends up there for lunch, and, you can work lunch off by hiking back to the car.  The other thing I plan to do this Summer is use up my Portra 400 s...